Many people are taking up Zyn and other nicotine pouch products by being told that it is a relatively safe nicotine alternative and has not been proven to carry many risks. This video discusses why no one should take any solace in these claims of relatively safety.

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Contrary to what you may have heard – vaping is not safe

Another product that was around and used for more than 70 years before people were told it was dangerous: CIGARETTES

Cigarettes were first mass produced and marketed as a safe product in the late 19th Century.

It was not until 1964 the American public was really told about cigarettes link to lung cancer. This product that had been considered relatively harmless was then recognized to be a major risk factor for the leading cause of cancer deaths at that time.

Resources related to diseases of the lung

It was not until 1979, when the report "Smoking and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General," that cigarettes were reported to be causally tied to heart and circulatory disease.

Heart and circulatory diseases

In the 1989 Surgeon General's report titled "Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking: 25 Years of Progress determination that cigarette smoking was deemed the most preventable cause of death in the world.

Premature deaths caused by smoking

More recent statistics that have shown that smoking kills half of it's users, resulting in millions of deaths every year throughout the world.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), smoking is projected to cause approximately 1 billion deaths in the 21st century if current smoking trends continue.